As promised, here is the pattern and instructions for last week’s fun craft, the Gotcha Monster!
Supplies:
Felt sheets
Pipe-Cleaners
Craft Stuffing/Cotton/Fabric Scraps
Scissors
Marker
Glue (hot glue gun & glue or white craft glue)*
Optional Supplies for Personalizing Your Monster:
Craft Foam Sheets
Googly Eyes (instead of cutting out your own felt eyes)
Craft Fur
Beads
Ribbons
Feathers
Whatever you want to decorate your Gotcha!
*Note: I used hot glue, which dries quickly as you press your pieces together but hot glue guns should only be used by an adult using caution as they can cause burns! If using white glue, be patient as it dries.
Step 1: Print provided pattern or design your own monster shapes on paper. You can get as creative as you like with shapes and details! What will your Gotcha look like!?
Step 2: Cut out paper pattern pieces and trace them in specified amounts onto felt sheets using a marker. Choose your own colours! You can use craft foam for the horns if you have it, but felt is fine!
Step 3: Cut out all the shapes now drawn on the felt and/or craft foam.
Step 4: Use a pipe cleaner to form each of the monster’s arms and legs: fold in half, fold ends over to create a long “M” shape, twist pipe cleaner at fingers/toes and down the arm/leg to create a sturdy limb.
Step 5: Glue the Belly, Eyes, Pupils, Mouth, then Tongue (glue along the flat, cut edge of the felt to make the tongue stick out!) to the outside of the Front Body.
Step 6: Glue the Horns, Fur or other optional accessories if any (get creative!), Arms and Legs to the inside of the Back Body— all just a few centimetres in from the edge so that they stick out!
Step 7: Attach the Back and Front Body together by applying glue to the edge of the inside of either Body, a section at a time, leaving a small hole to push the stuffing into. (*If using white glue, let the glue dry at this stage before attempting to stuff the monster.) After filling the body with stuffing/cotton balls/fabric scraps, glue the remaining hole shut and ta-daa! You’ve got yourself a Gotcha!
Step 8: Give your Gotcha a name and have fun! See what your Gotcha can hang onto or what games it might come up with!
Happy crafting everyone…I’d love to see a picture of your Gotcha in the comments!
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